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The Museum of American Textile History: Archival Sources for Business History

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 June 2012

Dorothy Truman
Dorothy Truman
Affiliation:
Dorothy Truman is manuscript specialist and archivist at the Museum of American Textile History
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Abstract

Originally founded to house the papers and artifacts of the Stevens family, operators of several woolen mills in the Merrimack Valley, the Museum of American Textile History has grown to become a valuable resource for historians and others interested in the rise and fall of the New England textile industry. In the following essay, Dorothy Truman describes the depth and breadth of the museum's collections and highlights their importance to the study of business history.

Type
Archival Essay
Information
Business History Review , Volume 60 , Issue 4 , Winter 1986 , pp. 641 - 650
Copyright
Copyright © The President and Fellows of Harvard College 1986

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